Cigarette maker and filler



H. WILLIAMS.

CIGARETTE MAKER AND FILLER. APPLICAHON FILED MAR- 14, I9I9.

1,371,135. Patented Mar. 8,1921.

51 wuewtoz MAM HARRY WILLIAMS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CIGARETTE MAKER AND FILLER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 8, 1921.

Application filed March 14, 1919. Serial No. 282,707.

T alive/ 20m it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY WILLIAMS, a citizen of the United States, and resident of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Cigarette Maker and Filler, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to cigarette makers, and fillers; more especially to the portable class and not to the machine type.

The object of my invention is to produce a cigarette maker of this class, with certain constructional features, which will enable it to be more effectively and easily operated,

besides greatly lessening the cost of manufacturing.

It principally consists in placing in the interior of the cigarette cylinder or tube longitudinal webs. It also consists in the formation of the supplemental holder or tension clip.

Referring to the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my portable cigarette maker and filler, showing the tension clip in place, and also its position, in dotted lines, when moved on the tube along vith the cigarette roll, filled and ready to fall from same.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of Fig. 1, clip omitted.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a cross sectional view on line a; m of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a detached elevation of the tension clip before being used.

Fig. 6 is another elevation of the tension clip showing it in the act of encircling the tube.

Fig. 7 is another elevation of the clip, showing its position when being placed over the tube before assuming the tension-position of Fig. 6.

Fig. 8 is another cross sectional View, similar to Fig. 4, showing how four of the longitudinal webs may be used in the tube.

Like numerals correspond to like parts throughout the drawing.

Numeral 2, is the tube or cylinder, made of metal or any other suitable substance. The length of the tube is immaterial to the invention.

The filling tube 2 is open at one end and closed by a bearing block 9, at the other. It is also provided with a filling opening 3 over which is placed the hopper l securely fastened to tube. The hopper is made of metal, and of sufiicient dimension to hold the required quantity of tobacco to fill or make a cigarette. Vithin the tube is placed the revolving spiral conveyer 5, made, preferably, of twisted or bent wire 6, and supported in its revolubleposition within tube by the longitudinal feeding lugs or webs 7, consisting of round or other shape wire securely fastened to the interior of the tube by any means. The conveyer is placed inside the webs when inserted in the tube. I do not confine myself to the number of webs T in the tube. Certain numbers effect a better result. I have shown three in Fig. 4, as

better centering and steadying the revolution of the conveyer.

In Fig. 8 I have shown how four webs 7 can be used and act (Io-jointly and effectually with the conveyer. Heretofore a spiral or worm-like web was used in coaction with the conveyer. The result was that it tended to whirl instead of push straight forward the tobacco, and not only that, this whirling motion was continued to the cigarette roll, resulting in greatly disturbing same on the tube. Now my longitudinal webs '7 do away with this, for the tobacco when moved by the conveyer in tube, is simply and silently pushed straight forward like and as a column, and, as such will enter the cigarette roll, without disturbing its position on the tube. The conveyer is at one end secured to the crank shaft 8, which has revoluble support in the bearing block 9 inserted in one end of the tube 2. By this means the con veyer is easily turned. It will be noticed in Fig. 3, that one of the longitudinal webs 7 does not extend across the hopper opening 3 of the tube. This should be observed in every construction, as there is no necessity of cutting olf the hopper opening by a web.

In using my filler, first, roll the cigarette paper (10 dotted lines) over and around the tube 2, and secure the ends thereof together by any adhesive substance. Prepared gummed cigarette paper is much more preferable for neatness and quickness. The cigarette roll should, before filling, extend beyond the tube a sufficient distance to enablethe end to be tucked in or under for closing same against the falling out of certain classes of tobacco while in the act of filling. The tension clip 12 (to be hereinafter described) is then placed over the cigarette roll on tube 2 in position as shown in Fig. 1. The hopper is then filled with tobacco and the crank turned which will re volve the spiral conveyer. Now when this rotates it will, through the action of lon gitudinal webs 7, owing to their close service contact therewith, push straight forward the tobacco, as a column through tube, and into the cigarette roll, filling same simply and compactly. \Vhen the roll is filled and has reached the end of tube, it will fall off, and be caught by the clip 12, which will assume the position shown in Fig. 5, of pressing around roll, and hold same from falling by means of cord or chain 14 attaching clip to hopper.

The clip 12 consists of the spring-portion 15, and the members 16, thereof extending downwardly and outwardly therefrom, the extreme ends thereof formed into a curve 17, of a large radius, bent inwardly and formed into a curve 18 of a less radius. The two small curves are linked together or interlocked to prevent the members separating when opening, see Fig. 5. By constructing the clip in curves of different radii, I obtain two advantages. When the clipis brought together as shown in Fig. 7, I obtain a larger opening, to facilitate same passing easily over tube for placement. The two lesser curves enable me to obtain a more perfect tension-hold of clip on the roll, and tube. The longitudinal push straight forward more tobacco, as same travels in center of the conveyer now and not on the sides thereof. In order to make a perfect cigarette by my maker and filler it is indispensable that the clip 12 co-act therewith-for the clip is intended to create a tension on the cigarette roll sufiicient to hold it back when moved forward by the worm and longitudinal webs in the act of propelling straight forward the filling tobacco, in order to permit said tobacco to be perfectly and snugly packed in the cigarette webs enable me to' roll before it reaches the end of the tube preparatory to falling off.

What I claim is:

1. In a portable cigarette maker and filler, the longitudinal filling tube with filling opening and open ends, the longitudinal webs so-secured in the bore of said tube as to assist the straight forward movement of the tobacco, the conveyer placed inside the said webs, within the said tube, the hopper placed on said tube over the filling opening thereof, and means for revolving said conveyer.

2. In combination a portable cigarette maker and filler comprising a longitudinal filling tube with filling opening and open ends, longitudinal webs so secured in the bore of said tube as to assist the straight forward movement of the tobacco, a conveyer placed inside of said webs within said tube, a hopper placed on said tube over the filling opening of said tube, means for revolving said conveyer, a cigarette paper placed around said tube means for securing the ends of saidpaper, to permit said paper to slide on said tube, a clip so constructed as described, as to permit its being placed over the said cigarette paper on said tube, for retardingly holding or checking the forward movement or travel of the said paper on the said tube, so-that the said conveyer will more properly fill the said cigarette with the tobacco, said clip adapted to catch the filled cigarette when falling off the said tube, and means for attaching said clip to said tube, all combined and arranged to produce a cigarette filler and maker as described.

Signed at New York in the county of New York and State of New York this 10th day of March, A. D. 1919.

HARRY WILLIAMS. 

